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# Skandapurana 16.207.71

Skandapurāṇa 16.207.71

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.207.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.207.71)

gurau ca dattaṃ yaddānaṃ dattaṃ pātreṣu mānavaiḥ ..  
niṣphalaṃ tadbhavetpretya yātyutādhogatiṃ prati .. 71 ..

> When men have given to other recipients a gift that was \[meant to be\] given to the guru, / that \[gift\] becomes fruitless after death, or rather leads to a downward state. // 71  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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